Violin Making – Spring 2025

Name: Violin Making – Spring 2025
Start: 2025-03-24T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-28T13:00:00+00:00
Location: Halsway Manor

Monday 24 Mar 2pm — Friday 28 Mar 1pm, 2025

To make a booking enquiry please complete the form below. We will contact you to confirm availability and complete your booking.

Course Enquiry

"*" indicates required fields

Type of enquiry*

I would like to make a booking

I'm enquiring about availability

First name*

Surname*

Postal address*

Email address*

Phone number*

How many people are you booking for? (including non-participants)*

Will those named above be sharing your room?*

Preferred accommodation

Names of other members in your party

Dietary requirements*

Please tell us if you are vegetarian, vegan, require a dairy-, wheat- or gluten-free diet, or have any allergies or intolerances that our chefs will need to cater for. If none, please write 'None'.

Instrument(s) played

You only need to tell us this if you're booking a mixed-instrument music course, a page to performance course, or an arranging course. We'll keep it on your booking record.

If the course is already full, would you like to be added to the waiting list?

Please automatically add me to the waiting list if the course is full

Any other questions or comments

Let us know if anyone in your party is coming as a non-participant here.

Would you like to receive information about our courses via email?*

Yes

Would you like to receive our biannual brochure in the post?*

Yes

CAPTCHA

Halsway Manor will not share your details with any third parties, but you may receive course information directly from course tutors, who agree to our privacy policy in their capacity as our representatives.

Pricing

This course is currently sold out. We do sometimes get cancellations - if you would like to be added to the waiting list, please fill in an enquiry form and tick the 'Waiting List' box.

Full board per person (tuition, activities, all meals & accommodation):

Single/Shared ensuite - £695 per person

Non-resident/Camping per person (tuition, activities, all meals):

£550

A non-participant price is available for a second person sharing a room but not taking part in the course.

This course is currently sold out. We do sometimes get cancellations – if you would like to be added to the waiting list, please fill in an enquiry form and tick the ‘Waiting List’ box.

The Violin making workshops are extremely popular at Halsway Manor, with many of the participants coming back year after year. The workshop gives maximum continuous time at the workbench supported by Neville Gardner, who has been teaching violin making for the last twenty years. He is joined by Corrie Schrijver to ensure that there is a ratio of 1 tutor to no more than 5 participants giving plenty of patient and knowledgeable support.

This course starts at 2pm on Monday and finishes at 1pm on Friday. Lunch is not provided on either day but a packed lunch to take with you can be requested for Friday.

Who is it for?

This course is for all levels of ability and beginners are very welcome. As well as the violin family, support can also be given for making a Rebec (an ancient ancestor of the violin). The class size is limited so that participants have plenty of support from the two tutors. Before enrolling please contact Neville Gardner – [email protected] – to discuss the suitability of the course for your needs.

The Team

Neville Gardner was a University Lecturer and has been teaching violin making for twenty years.

Corrie Schrijver graduated from the Welsh School of Violin Making, with Merit in 1980. Since then she has worked at various workshops, making and restoring for professional players.

Unless otherwise specified, our midweek courses check-in from 4pm on a Monday and check out by 10am on Friday, and our weekend courses check in from 4pm on a Friday and depart on Sunday by 4pm. Dinner on the first night is usually at 6.30pm, and in general, no formal teaching or introductory sessions take place until after this.

Enjoy the area, bring a friend, share a room, & save money

You can book on a course at Halsway and bring a friend who can explore the area while using Halsway as a base for meals and accommodation. Halsway Manor is in the Quantock Hills (England’s first designated National Landscape (formally AONB). We’re just minutes away from the West Somerset Railway (Britain's longest steam railway), a short drive or bus ride from Somerset’s Jurassic coast (ideal for fossil hunting), and surrounded by dramatic scenery and changing landscapes, from the wild hills of Exmoor to the flat expanse of the Somerset Levels.